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Sorry to hear you had a bad reactionto the flu jab Lenny and your daughter has had serious health issues. I hope its all settled down now and she gets good treatment for her condition soon

Have QF started non stop from SYD to LHR now? Hubby and I were talking about it yesterday and said that I heard they were adding to the non stop PER LHR but didn't know if it had started. Does your daughters visa allow her to work? Both my neice and nephew did a season in Whistler after uni

When I was on Symphony a few months ago they had waiters who took your drink order and went to the bar next door for it. I don't think many DL/CL have a bar actually in the lounge

Our first Royal Caribbean cruise, around the Balearics and mainland Spain, was on Grandeur

Agree, at a minimum people get four weeks leave plus bank holidays . Most get more, plus retired pax like long warm weather cruises. I've had some very enjoyable 12-14 day cruises from Southampton down into Western Med

But on Edge class, on Celebrity they are true balconies instead of the infinity window balcony. So people will pay extra as its the only chance of getting a traditional balcony, unless you move up to suite class. Well I guess there's the port hole balconies too.

You can't see the extras until after you've booked . You then have access to the cruise planner which lists drink packages, speciality dinning costs, excursions, spas etc The costs vary from cruise to cruise and they have 'sales' with percentage off regularly. Price depends on how good their sales are going for that cruise, dynamic pricing...... I'm in the UK and drink packages can be £66 pppd, dinning can be as much as £60 for the steak restaurant or £195 for five night package. But it varies A Google search should give you an idea of costs on board if you pay as you go for drinks. Tea, coffee, iced water etc are included in the cruise price

I think you are meant to have the same address, but who's going to check? As someone who's earned every point, one night one point, maybe two cruises a year, I agree its not fair. Especially since we're now being kicked out of the CL/DL during HH because of overcrowding . Seems like loyalty is one sided to me

We did it a few times pre covid and pre Diamond as we don't drink enough to justify the DP. It was a good deal if you drink mainly the more expensive wines or cocktails, not so much if you just drink beer. It was usually offered in the last three or four days of the cruise. Seem to remember you could share the card. I haven't seen it since the restart and probably wouldn't bother now as four Diamond drinks are enough. In the rare occasion I go over I'll just PAYG

Final post this evening, finally they've brought back Survivor to UK screens after a gap of 22 years. I use to love that programme and after watching the first episode tonight its shaping up just as good as the originals

I think about you every day Dani, and pray that wise minds will come together and end the war. I can't imagine what you are going through. It's such a nightmare

What college ?

You did sn excellent job on your blog funny, informative and interesting and great videos. Good luck with your knee surgery on Friday. I hope it goes well and you're back to fully fit soon

We put out our pumpkin with a battery candle inside and a bowl of sweets on the front door step as we were delivering Isaac home during prime Halloween trick or treat time. By the time we got back all the sweets were gone. It's not that big a deal here, though bigger than it use to be when my kids were small. Mostly it's young children in groups with their parents around 5 to 6pm. They only call at houses with a pumpkin outside. Sometimes you get older kids coming around later in the evening

We started watching a while ago but couldn't get into the first episode so didn't watch anymore. With all the recommendations we've given it another go and it does get better once you get to know the characters

On Serenade in Sept we booked MTD on the planner nearest we could get to 7pm, sometimes it was 7.30 or 7.45. We had a four top (just us though) with great waiters and asst waiters. They said we could have the same table each night. No waiting, except 3-5 min the first night .

Sorry to hear Crystal about your personal situation 😔 Not an easy time, I'm happy you have family nearby

We were going to have a extended family meet up in Virginia Water park ( part of Windsor Great Park) today for an Autumn walk, but its been cancelled due to bad storms expected. Disappointing as I haven't seen some of my neices and nephews and their families for a couple of years. My immediate family is still coming over and I'll cook a roast dinner instead xx

We had 9660 next door a few weeks ago on Serenade Loved the balcony

Very sad, he was part of a great series that everyone I know enjoyed

We use to wait until after my sons birthday in December before putting up decorations. Now it's usually the first week in December. We always get a real tree and after a few weeks they start dropping their needles. I have decorations going back to when the kids were born

On Serenade in September I got 1litre Evian bottles with the water package

Have a wonderful time at your daughters wedding. Great idea to have joint weddings, spread the cost, spread the love ❤️

Very Many Happy Birthday wishes Graham 😊 Hope you've got a lovely day out planned and a nice meal out to look forward too Sue

Really enjoying your trip report Greg. You gave a great way with words and your videos are excellent. Loved hearing about your beach days and your sushi and sake lunch 😋 Glad you all got to meet up and are having such a good time